Early Career Teacher

The Woodland Academy Trust, Erith, DA8 1JE

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  7 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Teachers’ Main Pay Scales - Bexley (Outer London) or Kent (Fringe)
• Additional allowances:

  Teachers’ Main Pay Scales - Bexley (Outer London) or Kent (Fringe)

Early Career Teacher job summary

Job title: Early Career Teacher
Status: Permanent
Hours: 1267.5 hours
Working weeks per year: 52 weeks per year
Grade: Teachers’ Main Pay Scales

Post Start Date: September 2026

Are you passionate about teaching and ready to begin your career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment? Woodland Academy Trust is seeking enthusiastic Early Career Teachers to join our dedicated teams across our Trust schools.

As an ECT within Woodland Academy Trust, you will be responsible for the standards and progress of your pupils and will be motivated to help every child ignite their spark and reveal the champion within. You will join a Trust that is ambitious for its children, values innovation, and is committed to inclusive, high-quality teaching and learning.

We recognise that the first two years of teaching are crucial in shaping confident, skilled and reflective practitioners. We are passionate about providing our Early Career Teachers with an excellent induction, including dedicated ECT mentors, high-quality training, development opportunities and cross-Trust events to support you throughout your ECT journey.

Woodland Academy Trust is proud to be technologically forward-thinking. Our teachers are encouraged and supported to use digital tools, assistive technologies and AI-informed approaches to reduce workload, enhance teaching, and remove barriers to learning. We actively embed Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, ensuring lessons are planned and delivered so that all pupils - regardless of ability, background or need - can access, engage with and succeed in learning.

The successful candidate will be excited to develop their practice in teaching and learning, pedagogy and curriculum design, drawing on educational research such as Rosenshine’s Principles. You will work collaboratively with colleagues to create inclusive, engaging and ambitious learning experiences where every child can thrive.

To be successful, you will:

Have Ambition

• Have high aspirations and expectations for every pupil to succeed
• Demonstrate vision, passion and drive to continually improve standards

Be Collaborative

• Work positively as part of a dedicated team
• Build strong relationships with parents, carers and the wider community
• Engage with Trust-wide professional development and networks

Show Compassion

• Understand the importance of developing the whole child
• Support pupils who may be struggling academically, emotionally or socially

Demonstrate Excellence

• Be committed to high-quality teaching and learning
• Create a positive, well-managed and inclusive classroom environment
• Reflect on practice and actively seek opportunities to improve

Champion Inclusivity and Innovation

• Use Universal Design for Learning to plan accessible, flexible lessons
• Embrace technology and AI-supported tools to enhance learning and inclusion
• Be passionate about providing opportunities for children from diverse backgrounds
• Promote respect, acceptance and equality within the classroom and wider school community

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close this position early should a suitable candidate be found. Therefore, early application is advised.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Woodland Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-woodland-academy-trust

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